Lucy V Hay - Author, Novelist & Script Editor

Novelist, blogger & script editor Lucy V Hay shares her writing that failed before she became a published novelist, and screenplays that have yet to find a home. Struggling with mental health issues and a subsequent cancer diagnosis, Lucy shares the story of how she went from being a teenage mum to becoming a successful novelist and script editor, and the driving force behind Bang2Write, one of the most well-regarded writing websites in the UK. Audio Note: Apologies but unexpected software issues caused the guest audio in this episode to be lower quality than usual. CAST: Emma Clarke, David Monteath, Beth Chalmers, Rachel Atkins and Christopher Kent Lucy V. Hay is a British screenwriter and novelist who writes under the names L.V. Hay and Lizzie Fry. As L.V. Hay, she has written crime fiction novels including The Other Twin, Do No Harm, Never Have I Ever, and Safe and Sound. As Lizzie Fry, she is the author of fantasy novels and thrillers including The Coven, Kill For It, The Good Mother, and Little Boy Missing. She runs the script development platform Bang2Write and is the author of several books on writing, including Writing & Selling Thriller Screenplays and Writing Diverse Characters for Fiction. She has worked as a script editor, is head reader for the London Screenwriters’ Festival, and has served as associate producer on Deviation (2012) and Assassin (2015). For more details about the writer, the offcuts and the actors performing them see the episode show notes: offcutsdrawer.com/lucy-v-hay

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Lucy V Hay - Author, Novelist & Script Editor is an episode from The Offcuts Drawer by Speakable.

This episode is 53:24 long.

This episode was published on Aug 9, 2025.

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